The World: Israel's Allon: 'We Protest'

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The negotiations should be conducted according to Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338 without preconditions. The Syrians can bring forward any questions they want to discuss. But what the Syrians are trying to do is to diminish the importance of the Geneva Peace Conference and impose the terms of any settlement in the Middle East by commanding a majority in the Security Council. The Arab regimes are using the Palestinian question as a pawn on their chessboard of rivalry and intrigue.

ON CHANGING THE U.N. MIDDLE EAST RESOLUTIONS. I know what those who suggest this have in mind, and we shall reject any attempt to modify the text or the meaning of Resolutions 242 and 338. If such a development takes place I shall recommend to the Israeli government to reconsider its commitments undertaken when we accepted 242 and 338. Instead of achieving progress, I'm afraid of a new stagnation.